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they asked me what my role was in the nsa document schori. i explained i do not have any direct involvement with these documents. i do not work with them. >> the guardian said for weeks, the government has been pushing it to hand over snowden's documents. today, the paper even revealed, but rather than face a legal challenge to hand them over, instead to take an unusual step. >> we decided to verdoorn to have this material back to the british government. we destroyed it ourselves, but under advice from a couple of , who toldity experts us which bits of the hard drive to smash up and in what way. thehe paper argues it is in public interest for there to be debate about government surveillance based on snowden's documents. however, the links that the government is willing to go to to get hold of those documents, whether it is obtaining a miranda or smashing computers it shows they believe their national security issues at stake. >> continuing on the complicated saga of the edward snow in saada. -- the edward snowden story. from civiliansse caugh
they asked me what my role was in the nsa document schori. i explained i do not have any direct involvement with these documents. i do not work with them. >> the guardian said for weeks, the government has been pushing it to hand over snowden's documents. today, the paper even revealed, but rather than face a legal challenge to hand them over, instead to take an unusual step. >> we decided to verdoorn to have this material back to the british government. we destroyed it ourselves,...
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whethenow to an ongoing issue oe nsa. it has been the subject of controversy since the lakes of edward snowden which demonstrated the agency was spying on american citizens and breaking court order drills to do so. in a new interview, president obama said this over -- about the oversight of the nsa. >> what was learned was nsa had in it ridley, -- inadvertently pulled the files of americans in violation of their own rules. they presented those problems to the court. the court said, this is not going to cut it. you will improve the safeguards and this is what happened. >> note how president obama the rule violations were accidental. this account ridley contradicts a statement the nsa has made. it said, " rare instances of violations of authority have been found" so not all of these violations were accidental. the president was right when he said fisa courts demanded it makes changes to its surveillance program. "the guardian" has a story about efforts to wring nsa into compliance with court orders. using new leaks from edw
whethenow to an ongoing issue oe nsa. it has been the subject of controversy since the lakes of edward snowden which demonstrated the agency was spying on american citizens and breaking court order drills to do so. in a new interview, president obama said this over -- about the oversight of the nsa. >> what was learned was nsa had in it ridley, -- inadvertently pulled the files of americans in violation of their own rules. they presented those problems to the court. the court said, this...
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, not to leak what nsa is doing. it takes a lot more time for truth on get out to explain it. lou: you can find one idiot in this country, judy, who did not assume or expect the nsa to be sueilling communications between people in this country, and foreign citizens who might, who might,ean this country harm? >> i think thateople assumed that was going on. lou: did you for example? >> i assumed that some of it was going on. lou: right. >> i didn't assume that drug enforcement agent might be able to ask nsa for access to data collected and stored. >> how about with the internal revenue service. >> or the irs, or any of half dozen other agencies that -- >> why is there this focus on nsa? and some of the most, i think, silly characters in washington, running aund beating their choaft about very havches about. it is absurd to wash them being taken seriously by the left-wing press, why is that energy exerted rather than saying, you know where is the threat? what are w doing about it? why isn't the commander in chief speaki
, not to leak what nsa is doing. it takes a lot more time for truth on get out to explain it. lou: you can find one idiot in this country, judy, who did not assume or expect the nsa to be sueilling communications between people in this country, and foreign citizens who might, who might,ean this country harm? >> i think thateople assumed that was going on. lou: did you for example? >> i assumed that some of it was going on. lou: right. >> i didn't assume that drug enforcement...
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the editor of the guardian newspaper reveals how he was pressured to destroy files he received from nsa whistleblower edward snowden. the top stories this hour. a look back at the top stories from the last seven days, and the latest on rt. damascus has given you when inspectors access to a site of an alleged chemical attack. the u.s. says it is nearly certain the assad government carried this out, a serious response alongside its ally, the uk. >> damascus has agreed to allow the u.n. access to the scene of the alleged attack, but while damascus says it will do its maximum to assure the safety of passage of the investigators, the actual territory is held, so ultimately, it will be the rebel forces who determine whether or not the you when inspectors have the access that they require. it is said that this now comes to old late. . we are hearing from the u.n. that they will, regardless, begin their investigation on moday. the united states has very little doubt that damascus was behind this chemical strike, and the intelligence is basing these claims on the number of reported deaths. we ar
the editor of the guardian newspaper reveals how he was pressured to destroy files he received from nsa whistleblower edward snowden. the top stories this hour. a look back at the top stories from the last seven days, and the latest on rt. damascus has given you when inspectors access to a site of an alleged chemical attack. the u.s. says it is nearly certain the assad government carried this out, a serious response alongside its ally, the uk. >> damascus has agreed to allow the u.n....
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i want to talk about the foreign policy fallout from the nsa programs. your spokesman said yesterday there's no question that the u.s. relationship with russia has gotten worse since vladimir putin took office. how much of that declineputin? also, will there be any additional punitive measures taken against russia, or is cancelling the september summit all you can really do given the host of issues the u.s. needs russian cooperation for? thank you. >> good. i think there's always been some tension in the u.s./russian relationship after the fall of the soviet union. there's been cooperation in some areas. there's been competition in others. it is true that in my first four years in working with president medvedev, we got a lot done. we were able to cooperate on iran sanctions. they provided us help in terms of supplying our troops in afghanistan. we were able to get russia into the wto, which is not just good for russia, it's good for our companies and businesses because they're more likely to follow international norms and rules. so there's been a lot of
i want to talk about the foreign policy fallout from the nsa programs. your spokesman said yesterday there's no question that the u.s. relationship with russia has gotten worse since vladimir putin took office. how much of that declineputin? also, will there be any additional punitive measures taken against russia, or is cancelling the september summit all you can really do given the host of issues the u.s. needs russian cooperation for? thank you. >> good. i think there's always been...
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is the nsa seeking a renewal? >> i have nothing to say today about that. >> will you have something to say tomorrow? >> i will. >> will it be modified? [laughter] >> i cannot say anymore at the moment. >> can i say something in defense of anthony? i want him to continue to love me. i think there should be an expectation of protection, of lawyer and client communications. that has always been the tradition. it is generally respected. there was a 1979 supreme court case referenced this morning. there is no constitutionally protected expectation that phone numbers called will not be disclosed. that is the basis on which we should begin to talk about this. but coming back to congress, congress can narrow whatever is the standard to go before the fisa court to get an individualized warrant.that's what the fourth amendment requires. --re was a decision i'm sure it will be revisited. it would have required that of the court -- that the case deal with specific facts creating a reasonable suspicion that a person is of a fo
is the nsa seeking a renewal? >> i have nothing to say today about that. >> will you have something to say tomorrow? >> i will. >> will it be modified? [laughter] >> i cannot say anymore at the moment. >> can i say something in defense of anthony? i want him to continue to love me. i think there should be an expectation of protection, of lawyer and client communications. that has always been the tradition. it is generally respected. there was a 1979 supreme...
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we also had congressman justin aimagine, one of the prime critics of the nsa. he offered the amendment that almost passed a week ago that would have stopped all the mega met a data collection of phone records and simply said they could only investigate phone records of people under suspicion of terrorist activity that narrowly failed to pass. and one of the questions was edward snowden. amaj thinks he's a whistle blower. that he provided information that congress needed to know about these programs. as you can imagine, general hayden said exactly the opposite. he said he broke p t law. he's very upset with russia for providing safe haven for snowden and said that the president should, one, cancel his summit and should even consider the question of whether or not we attend the g-20, this international summit on industrial issues in st. petersburg also in september. >> you covered a lot of ground, chris. we won't miss the show. it's always good to see you on sunday morning. have a great day. >> thank you, jamie. same to you. >> thank you. and you should not miss
we also had congressman justin aimagine, one of the prime critics of the nsa. he offered the amendment that almost passed a week ago that would have stopped all the mega met a data collection of phone records and simply said they could only investigate phone records of people under suspicion of terrorist activity that narrowly failed to pass. and one of the questions was edward snowden. amaj thinks he's a whistle blower. that he provided information that congress needed to know about these...
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we get information from other agencies that they collect whether nsa, fbi. we are not collecting it. it is the lawfully connect the -- collected. it came after 2009 that we do not have access to some of the types of information that would help us like the underwear bomber. we had great access to threat information coming from the reports provided to us by cia, the nsa. what we do not have is the kind of access we needed to non-terrorism databases. information about individuals applying for refugee status in the united states or for visas. because what we need to do is have information and not just for a minute or a day or a week but long enough so we have the rate information from the cia, from a source, all we have is a name or a first name, what we do to compare the information to the other information we have also collected at the government has about people traveling care or seeking asylum so that we can then provided to the agencies that can act on it? it is my perspective that we were already doing it will be somewhat surprised i would have trouble doi
we get information from other agencies that they collect whether nsa, fbi. we are not collecting it. it is the lawfully connect the -- collected. it came after 2009 that we do not have access to some of the types of information that would help us like the underwear bomber. we had great access to threat information coming from the reports provided to us by cia, the nsa. what we do not have is the kind of access we needed to non-terrorism databases. information about individuals applying for...
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not just the nsa but also al qaeda and the president's talk of al qaeda being on the run. mccain very critical of the president on that. says that he feels that our policy is in retreat in the middle east and at the same time that he says al qaeda, while it has been diminished in pakistan, it is resurgent in a lot of the world. especially in yemen. and he sees that as kind of a bad thing that we're pulling back and al qaeda is helping to fill the vacuum. of course, one of the places he's especially critical of this president is syria where he feels that the president is at least two years late in terms of trying to step in, stop the slaughter, and depose the brutal dictator there, bashar assad. >> mr. mccain has actually gone to syria, that with members of the free syrian party. what does he expect will happen when the president gets back from vacation on all these issues? >> well, i'm not sure he expects a lot of difference. i mean, it's not like, you know, the president has made his policy, he's talking in the case of syria about small arms. which although that came out
not just the nsa but also al qaeda and the president's talk of al qaeda being on the run. mccain very critical of the president on that. says that he feels that our policy is in retreat in the middle east and at the same time that he says al qaeda, while it has been diminished in pakistan, it is resurgent in a lot of the world. especially in yemen. and he sees that as kind of a bad thing that we're pulling back and al qaeda is helping to fill the vacuum. of course, one of the places he's...
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, and read your statement from a former nsa employee and william binney who recently said the nsa is putting together dossiers on every u.s. citizen, listing who we have relations with, what our activities are. is there any truth to that and why do stories like this persists? it isn't true., we're not putting dossiers up on every u.s. citizen. in fact, we don't have a dossier on you. i have never seen one of your e- mails from an intelligence perspective or otherwise, actually. from my perspective, these are grossly out of the truth. they really are. to think we would be collecting on every u.s. person, one, that would be against the law for you and two, we get great oversight by all breaches of the government. i must have been bad when i was a kid. we get supervised by the defense department. o.ey see everything we do rea by the white house, by the congress, and by the court. so all branches of government can see what we're doing is correct. so my concern is that false statements like these seem to persist. you see them bounce around. it only hurts because people think, well, they m
, and read your statement from a former nsa employee and william binney who recently said the nsa is putting together dossiers on every u.s. citizen, listing who we have relations with, what our activities are. is there any truth to that and why do stories like this persists? it isn't true., we're not putting dossiers up on every u.s. citizen. in fact, we don't have a dossier on you. i have never seen one of your e- mails from an intelligence perspective or otherwise, actually. from my...
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and the life of nsa -- let's go pre-cyber. in the life of nsa, you always had a trade-off between the two squads. when you discover a vulnerability, do you want to exploit it to play offense or do you want to fix it to play defense? back in the pre-cyber world we had a pretty well-worn road as to where the line is. i am willing to enter into a debate that that line might not be in the wrong place. that the old approach to it, the old calculation -- i want to keep that vulnerability because i want to use it in the future might actually be technically correct, operationally sound in a discrete one-off decision kind of way but the cumulative effect of the discreetly correct decisions has been a real strategic problem that industry is unaware of of vulnerabilities out there. i actually think the trend line and the more we can accelerate it, the better. it will go too far. you know how it works. and we will pick it back a little bit. but i think the trend line now is in the direction of more defense, even if it has to be at the exp
and the life of nsa -- let's go pre-cyber. in the life of nsa, you always had a trade-off between the two squads. when you discover a vulnerability, do you want to exploit it to play offense or do you want to fix it to play defense? back in the pre-cyber world we had a pretty well-worn road as to where the line is. i am willing to enter into a debate that that line might not be in the wrong place. that the old approach to it, the old calculation -- i want to keep that vulnerability because i...
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let's start with the nsa. how widespread does the revelation show their surveillance programs are of u.s. citizens? >> i think it was a shock to everyone about what we learned from snowden's revelation. the nsa is collecting information on potentially every american. it is from telephone metadata. that is pretty much every call you have made. they store that data for five years. >> what happens to it after that? >> well, we do not really know. they say they can only store it for five years, so in theory, it has to be destroyed after that. another program we are learning about collected e-mail metadata. so they are doing e-mail, too. they say that ended in 2011. >> walk us through the metadata. what exactly is that? why is it important in this data collection program? >> when you are investigating terrorism, what you are looking for is not just individual people, but networks. if you found one person, you're interested and who else is working with them? you want to look at who they communicate with. this inform
let's start with the nsa. how widespread does the revelation show their surveillance programs are of u.s. citizens? >> i think it was a shock to everyone about what we learned from snowden's revelation. the nsa is collecting information on potentially every american. it is from telephone metadata. that is pretty much every call you have made. they store that data for five years. >> what happens to it after that? >> well, we do not really know. they say they can only store it...
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we'll talk with a former director of the cia and nsa general michael hayden, as well as nsa critic congressman justin amash of michigan. then washington keeps heading for a budget impasse and government shutdown. >> we've seen a certain faction of republicans in congress saying they wouldn't pay the very bills that congress racked up in the first place. >> you know, instead of working together, the president yesterday threatened to shut down the government. >> in an exclusive interview, we'll ask house majority leader eric cantor if they can make a deal before the deadline, all right now on "fox news sunday." hello again from fox news in washington. we begin with a terror threat that has prompted the state department to arab i global issl alert for americans, and close two dozen embassies and consulates across the muslim world. we're told the al-qaeda threat is specific, but the targets are not. chief washington correspondent james rosen has the latest. james? >> chris, good morning. president obama and his national security team approached this day, the president's 52nd birthday, not in a sta
we'll talk with a former director of the cia and nsa general michael hayden, as well as nsa critic congressman justin amash of michigan. then washington keeps heading for a budget impasse and government shutdown. >> we've seen a certain faction of republicans in congress saying they wouldn't pay the very bills that congress racked up in the first place. >> you know, instead of working together, the president yesterday threatened to shut down the government. >> in an exclusive...
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they asked me what my role was in the nsa document schori. i explained i do not have any direct involvement with these documents. i do not work with them. >> the guardian said for weeks, the government has been pushing it to hand over snowden's documents. today, the paper even revealed, but rather than face a legal challenge to hand them over, instead to take an unusual step. >> we decided to verdoorn to have this material back to the british government. we destroyed it ourselves, but under advice from a couple of , who toldity experts us which bits of the hard drive to smash up and in what way. thehe paper argues it is in public interest for there to be debate about government surveillance based on snowden's documents. however, the links that the government is willing to go to to get hold of those documents, whether it is obtaining a miranda or smashing computers it shows they believe their national security issues at stake. >> continuing on the complicated saga of the edward snow in saada. -- the edward snowden story. from civiliansse caugh
they asked me what my role was in the nsa document schori. i explained i do not have any direct involvement with these documents. i do not work with them. >> the guardian said for weeks, the government has been pushing it to hand over snowden's documents. today, the paper even revealed, but rather than face a legal challenge to hand them over, instead to take an unusual step. >> we decided to verdoorn to have this material back to the british government. we destroyed it ourselves,...
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>>> well, it's been another tough week for the nsa. the deputy director testified before a senate judiciary committee trying to explain recent leaks about the information they're gathering on every day americans. but his boss the nsa director went to las vegas. no, it wasn't a pleasure trip as far as we know. he spoke at a conference of computer hark hackers. i asked the correspondent to explain to us what exactly is black cat. >> essentially, think about this. a bunch of hackers in one room just kind of playing around and talking about what they found. black hat, they gather the best and the brightest hackers around the world and when i say hackers, security consultant, contracted by the government. all different types of people come to black hat to talk about security risks, essentially. >> well, nsa director keith alexander, he addressed these hackers, some 45 minutes. basically, a recruitment drive asking for their help. what did he say? >> he did. when you think of hackers in las vegas you don't think government officials will com
>>> well, it's been another tough week for the nsa. the deputy director testified before a senate judiciary committee trying to explain recent leaks about the information they're gathering on every day americans. but his boss the nsa director went to las vegas. no, it wasn't a pleasure trip as far as we know. he spoke at a conference of computer hark hackers. i asked the correspondent to explain to us what exactly is black cat. >> essentially, think about this. a bunch of hackers...
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leaker, edward snowden, including putting a new "civil liberties" officer at the nsa and promising to reveal more about the once-secret programs. >> we can and must be more transparent. >> reporter: but not when it comes to drone strikes. in a response to the latest global terror threat, the u.s. has carried out six drone strikes in the last two weeks. in the interest of transparency, can you tell us about these drone strikes that we've seen over the last couple of weeks in yemen? >> i'm not going to discuss specific operations that have taken place. >> so you won't even confirm that we've carried out drone strikes in yemen? >> i will not have a discussion about operational issues. >> reporter: the spy program reforms announced today would not have happened almost certainly withouthe leaks of edward snowden. that has some people today calling him a hero. the president said he's a lawbreaker, not a patriot. late-breaking news on the terror threat that has resulted in the closing of the embassies and consulates. 18 of the 19 embassies and consulates will we open. the one in yemen will r
leaker, edward snowden, including putting a new "civil liberties" officer at the nsa and promising to reveal more about the once-secret programs. >> we can and must be more transparent. >> reporter: but not when it comes to drone strikes. in a response to the latest global terror threat, the u.s. has carried out six drone strikes in the last two weeks. in the interest of transparency, can you tell us about these drone strikes that we've seen over the last couple of weeks...
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the response of the nsa? >> it is truly shocking they are violating the surveillance laws thousands of times every year, effectively about seven times a day. in part because these laws are permissive. these aren't laws that impose meaningful restrictions. they essentially allow the nsa to collect vast amounts of information inside the united states and as we communicate internationally. the fact there are violating these very permissive laws is truly shocking. really disclosures undermine the intelligence community's primary defense of these programs, which is that there heavily regulated and overseeing. we know that is simply not true. congress is not been able to effectively oversee the nsa. now that we know the fisa court, the nsa is not able to -- in its own words, doesn't think it has the capacity to effectively oversee the nsa. the government has been claiming for years this is a regulated surveillance complex and in fact the fox has been guarding the hen house for far too long and it needs to stop. ,>
the response of the nsa? >> it is truly shocking they are violating the surveillance laws thousands of times every year, effectively about seven times a day. in part because these laws are permissive. these aren't laws that impose meaningful restrictions. they essentially allow the nsa to collect vast amounts of information inside the united states and as we communicate internationally. the fact there are violating these very permissive laws is truly shocking. really disclosures undermine...
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. >> we got that passes mostly was ahe nsa, there capability of getting intercepted and the fact that his message to the world last his no. 2 and basically told him to prepare for attacks on sunday. it is a confluence of events to tell thethe u.s. citizens to leave fast. >> of britain has also told its staff from the embassy as well as the u.s.. tell us more about what they were afraid of, exactly. why yemen? >> yemen is the place where al qaeda is the strongest, if you have seen them in the past few years. western interests and western amelands, the issue of having weak state is also part -- also problematic. the u.s. has taken an active role in using drone strike. the are hammering down on al qaeda leadership withdrawn strikes. expected offour qaeda members were killed in the last 24 hours. are these drums the answer to stopping the threat from al qaeda? >> for the time being that is than having, other intel that could be used on the ground to arrest those people. the yemeni government has released yesterday their top 25 most wanted people to come with information, so we are back to
. >> we got that passes mostly was ahe nsa, there capability of getting intercepted and the fact that his message to the world last his no. 2 and basically told him to prepare for attacks on sunday. it is a confluence of events to tell thethe u.s. citizens to leave fast. >> of britain has also told its staff from the embassy as well as the u.s.. tell us more about what they were afraid of, exactly. why yemen? >> yemen is the place where al qaeda is the strongest, if you have...
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we've already declassified unprecedented information about the nsa, but we can go further. so at my direction, the department of justice will make public the legal rationale for the government's collection activities under section 215 of the patriot act. the nsa is taking steps to put in place a full-time civil liberties and privacy officer and released information that details its mission, authorities, and oversight, and finally, the intelligence community is creating a website that will serve as a hub for further transparency, and this will give americans and the world the ability to learn more about what our intelligence community does and what it doesn't do, how it carries out its mission, and why it does so. fourth, we're forming a high-level group of outside experts to review our entire intelligence and communications technologies. we need new thinking for a new era. we now have to unravel terrorist plots by finding a needle in a haystack of global telecommunications, and meanwhile, technology has given governments, including our own, unprecedented capability to monit
we've already declassified unprecedented information about the nsa, but we can go further. so at my direction, the department of justice will make public the legal rationale for the government's collection activities under section 215 of the patriot act. the nsa is taking steps to put in place a full-time civil liberties and privacy officer and released information that details its mission, authorities, and oversight, and finally, the intelligence community is creating a website that will serve...
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who else thinks the recent terrace is based -- is just propaganda to justify the nsa spying program? let me throw that over to the panel. does anybody believe this could be a counterplay to justify what has been said and done about edward snowden? the first person to speak will get the floor. >> >> is this something that comes to mind. >> i want to go back to the u.s. at some point. it would be a clever way to do it. you can have a real threat and at the same time you can overreact. to make people understand it is not done by a big bad government that wants to control everything, but it is linked to a real threat and real issues and real interest from an american point of view. >> the europeans will be involved for their own interests. we should not criticize the u.s. for doing something we would like to do ourselves. >> france has been engaged in similar activities and may be gone a little bit further. maybe people were surprised by the scale they were. people i know said we know this was going on anyway. is that something that might have occurred to you, that what was revealed by t
who else thinks the recent terrace is based -- is just propaganda to justify the nsa spying program? let me throw that over to the panel. does anybody believe this could be a counterplay to justify what has been said and done about edward snowden? the first person to speak will get the floor. >> >> is this something that comes to mind. >> i want to go back to the u.s. at some point. it would be a clever way to do it. you can have a real threat and at the same time you can...
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>> the nsa leaks have led to surveillance changes in germany. say they willers automatically encrypt customers e-mails. budget telecom ceo said that germans are startled by the information. it is not clear if the german security services would have a key to decrypt e-mails. >> shortly before president obama's news conference about the nsa, he signed legislation into law to temporarily reduce rates on government student loans. interest rates will go down to 3.86% for undergraduates, 5.41% for graduate students. the new rates apply retroactively to all loans taken out after july 1. >> a new terror threat in pakistan. the state department has evacuated nonessential personnel from its consulate and is warning americans not to travel to pakistan. >> this is alarming news for people in the d c area who have loved ones in pakistan. greta kreuz has the reaction. latestcials say this threat is not related to the al qaeda threat that has closed so many other missions. opel say it is just another sign their homeland cannot -- locals say it is just another
>> the nsa leaks have led to surveillance changes in germany. say they willers automatically encrypt customers e-mails. budget telecom ceo said that germans are startled by the information. it is not clear if the german security services would have a key to decrypt e-mails. >> shortly before president obama's news conference about the nsa, he signed legislation into law to temporarily reduce rates on government student loans. interest rates will go down to 3.86% for undergraduates,...
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did it have anything to do with the nsa? i would say it would be very valuable for the administration once this has passed to give us more insight into how they knew. if they played a role, that's an important part of that debate. if it didn't, that's also an important part. >> all right, michael. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >>> the control for u.s. senate kicked off this weekend at a 133-year-old church picnic in a small kentucky town. it was the fancy farm kentucky that senate minority leader mitch mcconnell spent his first real day on the campaign trail and faced his two challengers for the first time. mcconnell is being pressured from two sides. on the left is democrat allison lundgrimes. on the right, tea party favorite matt bevin, who is challenging mcconnell in the gop primary. >> if senator mcconnell had his way, his version of kentucky health care for our seniors, grandmother, would be to walk it off. let's just tell it like it is. if the doctors told senator mcconnell that he had a kidney stone, h
did it have anything to do with the nsa? i would say it would be very valuable for the administration once this has passed to give us more insight into how they knew. if they played a role, that's an important part of that debate. if it didn't, that's also an important part. >> all right, michael. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >>> the control for u.s. senate kicked off this weekend at a 133-year-old church picnic in a small kentucky town. it was the fancy...
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we will have more on the nsa after headlines. scores of people are dead and hundreds are wounded following a weekend of violence in iraq. a series of bombings aimed at shiites killed dozens of people over the weekend. families were celebrating eid- al-fitr, which marks the end of ramadan. according to a private monitoring group, an al qaeda affiliate has claimed responsibility for the bombings. on sunday, at least seven people died. three u.s. soldiers died in afghanistan on sunday. the u.s. official said that they were killed by insurgents in paktia province. attorney general eric holder is set to unveil a key new policy aimed at curbing lengthy sentences for drug violations. the policy shift will bar prosecutors from noting the specific quantity of drugs involved when drafting cases for minor drug incidents. holder will also announce policies aimed at turning over crimes to state courts and expanding drug treatment as an alternative. has spokenatt damon against president obama's policy on drone strikes. there are a lot of thing
we will have more on the nsa after headlines. scores of people are dead and hundreds are wounded following a weekend of violence in iraq. a series of bombings aimed at shiites killed dozens of people over the weekend. families were celebrating eid- al-fitr, which marks the end of ramadan. according to a private monitoring group, an al qaeda affiliate has claimed responsibility for the bombings. on sunday, at least seven people died. three u.s. soldiers died in afghanistan on sunday. the u.s....
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that's what nsa does. nsa's sole purpose is to get information intelligence to protect americans from attack. >> you heard jon report operatives are in place. >> well, we can only say the intelligence that we get, and, by the way, intelligence is the best defense against terrorism. those operatives are in place because we've received information that high-level people from al qaeda and the arabian peninsula are talking about a major attack, and these are people at a high level. now, whatever that intelligence is, we act upon it because our first priority again is protect the americans that are in other parts of the world. >> congressman king, this is also spread domestically. we're on a higher alert here in the country or at least beefed up security. i think americans don't really understand why this keeps growing in the last few days. first it was the embassy closing. now domestically. why the higher alert here in america? >> well, quite frankly, martha, because this threat was so specific as to how enorm
that's what nsa does. nsa's sole purpose is to get information intelligence to protect americans from attack. >> you heard jon report operatives are in place. >> well, we can only say the intelligence that we get, and, by the way, intelligence is the best defense against terrorism. those operatives are in place because we've received information that high-level people from al qaeda and the arabian peninsula are talking about a major attack, and these are people at a high level. now,...
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these nsa programs are extremely unpopular in europe, too. it's caused tension between some of the united states' closest allies. it goes beyond russia. obviously, this is the near-term issue we expect to hear the president sort of justify his reasoning of not doing this -- of deciding to skip this summit. it is fascinating now. he's announcing a whole bunch of reforms based on documents that were released by edward snowden. they're announcing all of these new reforms. okay. now we've canceled a summit. at some point over russia's refusal to turn edward snowden over, but it's clear they're also sort of sheepish in deciding they do need a new policy. so was it really -- then should they be cancelling summits over this issue? i think that's going to be another question the president is going to have to deal with. >> have you heard anything about the lower-level meetings taking place between secretary kerry and hagel and their russian counterparts today and if that's helping to mend any of the fi fissures? >> well, they are supposedly -- and the
these nsa programs are extremely unpopular in europe, too. it's caused tension between some of the united states' closest allies. it goes beyond russia. obviously, this is the near-term issue we expect to hear the president sort of justify his reasoning of not doing this -- of deciding to skip this summit. it is fascinating now. he's announcing a whole bunch of reforms based on documents that were released by edward snowden. they're announcing all of these new reforms. okay. now we've canceled...
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meantime president obama is outlining new rules for the nsa. but will his plan for the agency's controversy surveillance limit its scope. we will take a look at the details. >>> detroit may be the biggest u.s. city to ever declare bankruptcy. as it tries to fight its way back from a full-on collapse seems like the motor city's woes could have a major impact on other cities across the country. >> as we learn that 18 of the 19 embassies and consulate that were closed as a result of an al qaeda terror threat will reopen tomorrow, we will take a look at what motivated the change and what this means for an apparently ongoing threat. >> they had the capacity to go after our embassies. they have the capacity potentially to go after our businesses. they had the capacity to be destabilizing and disruptive in countries where the security apparatus are weak. i should definitely do laundry more often. yeah. by the time i do there's all these mystery stains. i mean is it coffee? could be gravy. yeah. so now i u tide boost with my tide. it's double powerful
meantime president obama is outlining new rules for the nsa. but will his plan for the agency's controversy surveillance limit its scope. we will take a look at the details. >>> detroit may be the biggest u.s. city to ever declare bankruptcy. as it tries to fight its way back from a full-on collapse seems like the motor city's woes could have a major impact on other cities across the country. >> as we learn that 18 of the 19 embassies and consulate that were closed as a result of...
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any implication that nsa's collection is arbitrary and unconstrained is dead wrong. ed henry who is live at the white house on the top story at the bottom of the hour. hey, ed. >> shep, all of this happening as the head of the nsa today general keith alexander revealed the dramatic new step to try to crackdown on some of these leaks. crackdown on some of the computer systems administrators like edward snowden from leaking classified documents. he revealed that a cyber security conference today general alexander did, that he is slashing by 90% the sum 1,000 system administrators he has ed snowden the idea being to try to cut down the number of people that have access to this info. take a listen. what we be in the process of doing, not fast enough, is reducing our system administrators by about 90%. for the first reason, which was to make our networks more defensible and more secure. >> now, the move comes as you noted as the president is facing some tough new questions about how wide the scope is for these surveillance programs by the nsa on "the tonight show" with ja
any implication that nsa's collection is arbitrary and unconstrained is dead wrong. ed henry who is live at the white house on the top story at the bottom of the hour. hey, ed. >> shep, all of this happening as the head of the nsa today general keith alexander revealed the dramatic new step to try to crackdown on some of these leaks. crackdown on some of the computer systems administrators like edward snowden from leaking classified documents. he revealed that a cyber security conference...
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you brought up that "new york times" sotory yesterday on nsa. this has done more damage to the president and his brand with supporters of his, it's the issue of surveillance and surveillance state, the struggles that he's had to deal with looking at an impact with china and all that. more than any of the other stories, this has been the one that is the most politically damaging. it's one the white house folks will tell you off the record they believe this has been the stuff that is hit them hardest that hurt them more than some of the other things that have popped up there over the last couple of months let alone discussed with washington and things like that. but that because it hit its core and hit the core particularly with younger demographic which has been be a important part of this base. so that's going to be something to hear the president address and deal with issues of the surveillance state. where it is. where are we in transparency. putin will be there. obviously that's going to be big. hearing him on egypt. a lot of national securit
you brought up that "new york times" sotory yesterday on nsa. this has done more damage to the president and his brand with supporters of his, it's the issue of surveillance and surveillance state, the struggles that he's had to deal with looking at an impact with china and all that. more than any of the other stories, this has been the one that is the most politically damaging. it's one the white house folks will tell you off the record they believe this has been the stuff that is...
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they want to introduce a civil liberties and privacy advocate to the process, declassify more nsa and fisa court documents and appoint a new group of outside experts to review intelligence. it's receiving criticism from lawmakers who believe a privacy advocate will slow down the country's anti-terror tactics. president obama and senator john mccain, has talked about how snowden has changed intelligence. >> i called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations. before mr. snowden made he's leaks. i don't think we would have gotten to the same place. and we would have done so without putting at risk, our national security. and vital ways to secure the country. there's americans that view mr. snowden as awhistleblower. there's some young people that believe he's some kind of jason bourne. >>> relations between the united states and russia are strained at best. and it goes all the way to the highest levels of government. president obama insists he doesn't dislike vladimir putin. but it's clear he's not too crazy about him, either. the president's remarks prompted a challenge from
they want to introduce a civil liberties and privacy advocate to the process, declassify more nsa and fisa court documents and appoint a new group of outside experts to review intelligence. it's receiving criticism from lawmakers who believe a privacy advocate will slow down the country's anti-terror tactics. president obama and senator john mccain, has talked about how snowden has changed intelligence. >> i called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations. before mr. snowden...
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obama used his first full-scale news conference in over three months to try and get out in front of the nsa surveillance controversy he was on his heels over a range of national security issues from his prickly relationship with russia to terror threats from al qaeda and why he still hasn't brought the benghazi killers to justice. >> i also said we'd get bin laden and didn't get him in 11 months. so we have informed, i think, the public there's a sealed indictment. >> reporter: the president was referring to the fact that u.s. officials earlier this week revealed the justice department filed its first criminal charges against an unknown number of people believed to be involved in benghazi, which the president vowed to get to the bottom of last september 12th. >> we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. >> reporter: pressed by fox today on whether his administration is close to having suspects in custody, mr. obama's body language hinted they are. >> i will leave it at that. but -- this remains a top priority for us. anybody who attacks
obama used his first full-scale news conference in over three months to try and get out in front of the nsa surveillance controversy he was on his heels over a range of national security issues from his prickly relationship with russia to terror threats from al qaeda and why he still hasn't brought the benghazi killers to justice. >> i also said we'd get bin laden and didn't get him in 11 months. so we have informed, i think, the public there's a sealed indictment. >> reporter: the...
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the nsa program is proving its worth yet again. but we need to reevaluate where we're at in light of these threats. sequestration has to be fixed. if this happens a year from now, intelligence community and military will be less capable. afrikom needs to be beefed up. that's where the war is going. we're about to withdraw from afghanistan. i don't want afghanistan to become iraq where we withdraw our troops and the terrorists come back. i appreciate what the administration is doing. they're taging the right approach to this. benghazi was a complete failure. the threats were real there. the reporting was real. and we basically dropped the ball. we've learned from benghazi, thank god, and the administration is doing this right. >> let me ask you, when you look at this map of u.s. embassies that are closed or consulates or missions, 22 of them, most of them across the muslim world, when you hear this global warning to all americans to take care, what do you think that says if the mission is to terrorize. in some sense, you feel like t
the nsa program is proving its worth yet again. but we need to reevaluate where we're at in light of these threats. sequestration has to be fixed. if this happens a year from now, intelligence community and military will be less capable. afrikom needs to be beefed up. that's where the war is going. we're about to withdraw from afghanistan. i don't want afghanistan to become iraq where we withdraw our troops and the terrorists come back. i appreciate what the administration is doing. they're...
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. >> reporter: and this morning fresh debate about the nsa's surveillance program, which intelligence officials say tipped them off about this latest threat. >> it is scary. al qaeda is on the rise in this part of the world, and the nsa program has proven its worth yet again. >> you have to be very careful about how much you represent that any particular program has contributed to our security. >> reporter: and tonight nbc is reporting that officials in pakistan has tightened security in islamabad due to a potential terror threat interethere, but s hour there's no link between the two. >> the embassy in cairo is among those affected by this order. tonight our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more on precautions there and insight into are where this threat is coming from. >> reporter: good evening, lester. these are the side streets around the u.s. embassy here in downtown cairo. the embassy today is closed like so many embassies and consulates in the region, and as you can see the embassy tonight is right behind this very big, very imposing concrete barricade. this wall w
. >> reporter: and this morning fresh debate about the nsa's surveillance program, which intelligence officials say tipped them off about this latest threat. >> it is scary. al qaeda is on the rise in this part of the world, and the nsa program has proven its worth yet again. >> you have to be very careful about how much you represent that any particular program has contributed to our security. >> reporter: and tonight nbc is reporting that officials in pakistan has...
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. >> we are getting new reaction in president obama's claim and the program in the nsa. the president said before everyone takes a long vacation. he wants the secretative agency to be more traps parent. this follows the moting the president had with surveillance from big tech company like apple and at&t. peter, why are they taking issue with the plane? >> different reasons, some say the reforms go far and some say not far enough. speaker john boehner wants to make sure that the president's priority is saving american's lives and not saving face. >> others say we need a president who defends our intelligence program and explain its appropriately to the american people and uses capability in his arsenal to defoot the al-qaeda. the flip side made by senator ron widen who is encouraged by the proposed reforms and wants more and wants them detailed. i have seen 0 evidence that the bulk of the american's phone records provided any unique value to intelligence gathering or making americans safer. they should insure that bulk collection is ended. that is more reform than the pre
. >> we are getting new reaction in president obama's claim and the program in the nsa. the president said before everyone takes a long vacation. he wants the secretative agency to be more traps parent. this follows the moting the president had with surveillance from big tech company like apple and at&t. peter, why are they taking issue with the plane? >> different reasons, some say the reforms go far and some say not far enough. speaker john boehner wants to make sure that the...
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we heard all the public outcry when he learned how the nsa keeps tabs on us, but there's anger behind the escapes that we're not using this spy tools widely enough. the time quotes intelligence experts who say other government agencies want access to all the secret information the nsa selected. let's take you to the judge. senior judicial analyst, judge andrew napolitano. >> at first the government toldes when snowden made his initial revelations the only thing they captured was basic information, billing information,. who you called, when you called, how long you spoke. >> shepard: they lied to us. >> snowden and other nsa whistle-blowers, including one named thomas drake who has been on shows in this building, was prosecuted by the government, and the prosecution was thrown out. reveals the government does have the context of phone calls and e-mails and can read them. this morning we learn that other entities in the federal government are jealous that the nsa has this and they want it. but the dea revealed, the drug enforcement administration, it has received it. so, they have actua
we heard all the public outcry when he learned how the nsa keeps tabs on us, but there's anger behind the escapes that we're not using this spy tools widely enough. the time quotes intelligence experts who say other government agencies want access to all the secret information the nsa selected. let's take you to the judge. senior judicial analyst, judge andrew napolitano. >> at first the government toldes when snowden made his initial revelations the only thing they captured was basic...
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every time you call anyone, every time i call anyone, the nsa gets information about that call. there has been extension reporting about e-mails, about log on and off your computer, about google searches and all in the name of protecting us from foreign attacks. i'm glad the nsa does its job well with regard to determining or avoiding or defeating foreign attacks. that does not in any way justify the pervasive spying on americans that's been reported on now for the last two months. >> john: is it going to work, congressman? do you think it will put public fears on american citizens to rest because this will give us the illusion or at least the impression that our government is doing this purely to protect americans? >> listen, americans are relatively intelligent people and i don't think you can fool them to that degree. no one could possibly believe that the nsa should get a report if every time they called their pizzeria and asked for a pepperoni deep dish pizza and somehow that's meant to protect them from al-qaeda. that doesn't make any sense at all. that's the system we liv
every time you call anyone, every time i call anyone, the nsa gets information about that call. there has been extension reporting about e-mails, about log on and off your computer, about google searches and all in the name of protecting us from foreign attacks. i'm glad the nsa does its job well with regard to determining or avoiding or defeating foreign attacks. that does not in any way justify the pervasive spying on americans that's been reported on now for the last two months. >>...